Delhi liquor policy case: K Kavitha to appear before ED today

As Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS MLC and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Raos daughter K Kavitha is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate today for questioning in connection to the Delhi liquor policy case the party workers and supporters have gathered outside the residence of KCR in the national capitalEarlier on Friday Kavitha launched a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in the national capital demanding the introduction of the Womens Reservation Bill in the current Budget session of Parliament Citing her hunger strike scheduled in Delhi on Friday she asked the probe agency to postpone her questioning till SaturdayNotably former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia has been arrested by ED in the same case She had arrived in the national capital on March 8 hours after the ED issued a summons for questioning BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Friday also arrived at the residence of his father in the national capital According to sources Kavitha will be made to sit facetoface with Hyderabadbased businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai who was arrested in connection with the liquor policy case on Monday nightAlso Read BJP intensifies attack against AAP Kejriwal burns effigy of corruption liquor scamThe MLC termed the summons as tactics of intimidation by the Centre against the Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and the BRS adding that the party will continue to fight and expose the Centres failures and will raise its voice for a brighter and better future for IndiaI would also like the ruling party at the Centre to know that these tactics of intimidation against the fight and voice of our leader CM KCR and against the entire BRS party will not deter us Under the leadership of KCR Garu we will continue to fight to expose your failures and raise voice for a brighter and better future for India Kavitha said in a tweetOn March 8 the BRS came down heavily on the Centre after the ED summoned Kavitha in connection with its ongoing probe in the Delhi excise policy case saying that the central probe agencies have become an extended arm of the BJP Referring to the summons as politically motivated BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy had said that except ED and BJP nobody really understands the case registered in connection with the newwithdrawn new Delhi excise policyIn its investigation ED has come to know that Pillai is one of the key persons in the entire scam involving payments of huge kickbacks and the formation of the biggest cartel of the South Group South Group comprises Telangana MLC Kavitha Sarath Reddy promoter of Aurobindo Group Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy MP Ongole his son Raghav Magunta and others The South Group was being represented by Pillai Abhishek Boinpalli and Butchi Babu the federal agency investigation has revealedPillai along with his associates was coordinating with various persons to execute the political understanding between the South Group and a leader of Aam Aadmi Party AAP Pillai has been an accomplice and was involved in the kickbacks from the South Group and the recoupment of the same from the businesses in Delhi ED investigation revealsThe ED had earlier said that the South Group gave kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders Pillai is learnt to be a partner of 325 per cent in Indo Spirits which had got an L1 licence Indo Spirits is a partnership firm of Arun Pillai 325 per cent Prem Rahul 325 per cent and Indospirit Distribution Limited 35 per cent wherein Arun Pillai and Prem Rahul represented the benami investments of Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and his son Raghava MaguntaKavitha who is a member of the Telangana Legislative Council was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI in the same case in December last year The excise policy was passed in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalled Delhi Cabinet in the middle of the deadly Delta Covid19 pandemic in 2021The Delhi governments version is that the policy was formulated to ensure the generation of optimum revenue eradicate the sale of spurious liquor or nonduty paid liquor in Delhi besides improving user experience The CBI had filed a case against alleged corruption in the 202122 excise policy The excise policy was subsequently withdrawn by the AAP governmentSisodia was among 15 others booked in an FIR filed by the CBI Excise officials liquor company executives dealers some unknown public servants and private persons were booked in the case It was alleged that irregularities were committed including modifications in the Excise Policy and undue favours were extended to the license holders including waiver or reduction in licence fee an extension of L1 license without approval etcThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason 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